Unsafe driving is described as dangerous or careless operation of commercial motor vehicles. Data would include driver traffic violations and convictions for speeding, reckless driving, improper lane change, inattention, and other unsafe driving behavior.
Violation severity weights reflect the relative importance of each violation within each BASIC. These weights cannot be compared or added meaningfully across the BASICs.
| Section | Description | Group | Severity | Affects Driver Score? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 177.804(b) | Failure to comply with 49 CFR Section 392.80 — Texting while operating a CMV when transporting select agents or toxins or HM requiring placarding | Texting | 10 | Y |
| 177.804(b)(1) | Failure to comply with the Safe Clearance requirements for highway-rail grade crossings in 49 CFR Section 392.12 | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 177.804(b)(2) | Failure to comply with 49 CFR Section 392.80 — Texting While Operating a CMV when transporting select agents or toxins or HM requiring placarding | Texting | 10 | Y |
| 177.804(b)(3) | Failure to comply with 49 CFR Section 392.82 — Using a Handheld Mobile Phone While Operating a CMV when transporting select agents or toxins or HM requiring placard | Phone Call | 10 | Y |
| 177.804(c) | Failure to comply with 49 CFR Section 392.82 — Using a handheld mobile phone while operating a CMV — when transporting select agents or toxins or HM requiring placard | Phone Call | 10 | Y |
| 390.17DT | Operating a CMV while texting | Texting | 10 | Y |
| 390.33-BSEM | Buses — Seating in excess of the manfacturer's designed seating capacity. | Other Driver Violations | 1 | Y |
| 390.33-XS | Operating a motorcoach or other passenger-carrying vehicle with seating, secured or unsecured, in excess of the manufacturer’s (manufacturer, remanufacturer, or final stage manufacturer) designed seating capacity | Other Driver Violations | 1 | Y |
| 392.2C | Failure to obey traffic control device | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.2DFYPD | Driver - Failing to yield to pedestrian/bicyclist. | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.2DH | Headlamps — failing to dim when required | Misc Violations | 3 | Y |
| 392.2DIB | Driver — Improper backing. | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.2-DMOVE | Driver — Move over/slow law — Failure to yield right of way to authorized emergency vehicles. | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.2DUTIS | Driver — U-turn on interstate. | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.2FC | Following too close | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.2-INAT | Inattentive driving | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.2LC | Improper lane change | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.2LV | Lane restriction violation | Misc Violations | 3 | Y |
| 392.2-ML | Failure to maintain mane | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.2P | Improper passing | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.2PK | Unlawfully parking and/or leaving vehicle in the roadway | Other Driver Violations | 1 | Y |
| 392.2R | Reckless driving | Reckless Driving | 10 | Y |
| 392.2RR | Railroad grade crossing violation | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.2-RRTCD | Railroad Crossing — Failed to obey a traffic control device or the direction of an enforcement offical at a railroad-highway crossing | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.2-RRUC | Railroad Crossing — The driver fails to negotiate a crossing because of insufficient undercarriage clearance. | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.2SLFYEMV | State/Local Laws — Failure to yield to emergency vehicle. | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.2-SLLCP | State/Local Laws — Operate a CMV while using a cellular phone. | Texting | 10 | Y |
| 392.2SLIMPT | State/Local Laws — General impeding traffic. | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.2-SLLFC | State/Local Laws — Following too closely. | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.2-SLLFMH | State/Local Laws — Fire Marshal hazmat violation. | HM Related | 1 | Y |
| 392.2-SLLFY | State/Local Laws — Failed to yield right of way. | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.2-SLLHFD | State/Local Laws — Headlamps; fail to dim when required. | Misc Violations | 3 | Y |
| 392.2-SLLILC | State/Local Laws — Improper lane change. | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.2-SLLIP | State/Local Laws — Improper passing. | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.2-SLLIT | State/Local Laws — Improper turns. | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.2-SLLLR | State/Local Laws — Lane restriction violation. | Misc Violations | 3 | Y |
| 392.2-SLLML | State/Local Laws - Failure to maintain lane. | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.2-SLLRD | State/Local Laws — Reckless driving. | Reckless Driving | 10 | Y |
| 392.2-SLLS2 | State/local laws — speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | Speeding 2 | 4 | Y |
| 392.2-SLLS3 | State/local laws — speeding 11-14 miles per hour over the speed limit | Speeding 3 | 7 | Y |
| 392.2-SLLS4 | State/local laws — speeding 15 or more miles per hour over the speed limit | Speeding 4 | 10 | Y |
| 392.2-SLLSRGC | State/Local Laws — State railroad grade crossing violation. | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.2-SLLSWZ | State/local laws — speeding work/construction zone | Speeding 4 | 10 | Y |
| 392.2-SLLT | State/local laws — operating a CMV while texting | Texting | 10 | Y |
| 392.2-SLLTCD | State/Local Laws — Failed to obey a traffic control device — Permanent or Temporary — e.g., safety official, signal, sign, light, lane marking, other. | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.2-SLLUP | State/Local Laws — Unlawfully parking /leaving vehicle on roadway. | Other Driver Violations | 1 | Y |
| 392.2-SLML | State/Local Laws — Failure to maintain lane. | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.2SLPSC | State/Local Laws — Driver failing to obey School Bus safety communication. | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.2-SLTFC | State/Local Laws — Speeding basic rule/speed too fast for conditions. | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.2SLTRS | State/Local Laws — Truck routing restriction. | Misc Violations | 3 | Y |
| 392.2T | Improper turns | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.2Y | Failure to yield right of way | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.6 | Scheduling a run which would necessitate the vehicle being operated at speeds in excess of the prescribed | Speeding Related | 5 | N |
| 392.6-MC | Carrier — Motor carrier schedule a driver(s) to operate a CMV in excess of speed limits. | Speeding Related | 5 | N |
| 392.10(a)(1) | Failing to stop at railroad crossing — bus transporting passengers | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.10A1-RRC | Railroad Crossing — Driver failed to stop at a railroad grade crossing — Bus. | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.10(a)(2) | Failing to stop at railroad crossing — CMV transporting Division 2.3 Chlorine | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.10A2-RRC | Railroad Crossing — Driver failed to stop at a railroad grade crossing — Division 2.3 Chlorine. | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.10(a)(3) | Failing to stop at railroad crossing — CMV requiring display of HM placards | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.10A3-RRC | Railroad Crossing — Driver failed to stop at a railroad grade crossing — Hazmat Placard Vehicle. | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.10(a)(4) | Failing to stop at railroad crossing — HM Cargo Tank vehicle | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.10A4-RRC | Railroad Crossing — Driver failed to stop at a railroad grade crossing — Hazmat Cargo Tank. | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.10A5-RRC | Railroad Crossing — Driver failed to stop at a railroad grade crossing — Hazmat Elevated Temperature Cargo Tank. | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.10A6-RRC | Railroad Crossing — Driver failed to stop at a railroad grade crossing — Cargo Tank Operating Under a Special Permit. | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.11 | Commercial vehicle failing to slow down approaching a railroad crossing. | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.11-RRC | Railroad Crossing — Driver failed to stop/due care at a railroad grade crossing. | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.12-RRCC | Railroad Crossing — Driver failed to have sufficent space to drive completely through crossing without stopping. | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.14 | Failed to use caution for hazardous condition | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.14-D | Driver — Failing to use extreme caution in a CMV when hazardous conditions exist. | Dangerous Driving | 5 | Y |
| 392.16 | Failing to use seat belt while operating a CMV | Seat Belt | 7 | Y |
| 392.16AD | Driver - Failed to use seat belt while operating a CMV. | Seat Belt | 7 | Y |
| 392.16B-CPASS | Co-Driver - Failed to use seat belt while operating a property-carrying CMV. | Seat Belt | 7 | Y |
| 392.16BDPASS | Operating a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle while all other occupants are not properly restrained | Seat Belt | 8 | Y |
| 392.16(b) | Operating a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle while all other occupants are not properly restrained | Seat Belt | 7 | Y |
| 392.16-D | Driver — Failed to use seat belt while operating a CMV. | Seat Belt | 7 | Y |
| 392.22(a) | Failing to use hazard warning flashers | Other Driver Violations | 1 | Y |
| 392.22A-D | Driver — Failed to activate hazard warning signal flashers. | Other Driver Violations | 1 | Y |
| 392.60(a) | Unauthorized passenger on board CMV | Other Driver Violations | 1 | Y |
| 392.60A-D | Driver — Unauthorized passenger(s) on-board a CMV. | Other Driver Violations | 1 | Y |
| 392.62 | Unsafe bus operations | Other Driver Violations | 1 | Y |
| 392.62(a) | All standees on a bus are to be rearward of the white standee line | Other Driver Violations | 1 | Y |
| 392.62A-PC | Passenger Carrier — Operating a bus with standees not rearward of the white standee line. | Other Driver Violations | 1 | Y |
| 392.67-D | Driver — Operating CMV while open flame heater is burning. | Other Driver Violations | 1 | Y |
| 392.71(a) | Using or equipping a CMV with radar detector | Speeding Related | 5 | Y |
| 392.71A-D | Driver — Using or equipping a CMV with a radar detector. | Speeding Related | 5 | Y |
| 392.71B-MC | Carrier — Motor carrier permit/require a driver to use or equip a CMV with a radar detector. | Speeding Related | 5 | Y |
| 392.80(a) | Driving a commercial motor vehicle while texting | Texting | 10 | Y |
| 392.80-TEXTING | Driver — Prohibition against texting in a CMV. | Texting | 10 | Y |
| 392.82(a)(1) | Using a hand-held mobile telephone while operating a CMV | Phone Call | 10 | Y |
| 392.82(a)(2) | Allowing or requiring a driver to use a hand-held mobile tel while operating a CMV | Phone Call | 10 | Y |
| 392.82DUMT | Driver — Using a hand-held mobile telephone. | Phone Call | 10 | Y |
| 397.3 | State/local laws ordinances regulations | HM Related | 1 | Y |
| 397.13 | Smoking within 25 ft of HM vehicle | HM Related | 1 | Y |
| 397.13A-HMDP | HM (Driving & Parking) — No person may smoke/light/carry a lighted cigarette/cigar/pipe within 25 feet of a motor vehicle containing Class 1, 5, or flammable materials Class 3, Division 2.1, 4.1, or 4.2. | HM Related | 1 | Y |
| 397.13B-HMDP | HM (Driving & Parking) — No person may smoke/light/carry a lighted cigarette/cigar/pipe within 25 feet of an empty motor vehicle which contained Class 3, flammable materials or Division 2.1 that required the vehicle to be marked or placarded. | HM Related | 1 | Y |
| 398.4 | Driving of vehicles — Transportation of migrant workers | Other Driver Violations | 1 | Y |
| 398.4-MW | Migrant Workers — Driving of vehicles transporting migrant workers in violation of this part. | Other Driver Violations | 1 | Y |